Mantra 33

Sukta 3

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

वनस्पते स्तीर्णमा सीद बर्हिरग्निष्टोभैः संमितो देवताभिः । त्वष्ट्रेव रूपं सुकृतं स्वधित्यैना एहाः परि पात्रे ददृश्राम्

IAST Transliteration

vánaspate stīrṇám ā́ sīdá barhír agniṣṭóbhaiḥ sáṃmito devátābhiḥ | tváṣṭrevá rūpáṃ sukṛtáṃ svádhityai enā́ ehā́ḥ pári pā́tre dadṛśrām

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

O Lord of the Wood, sit down upon the strewn Barhis, duly measured with Agniṣṭobha-chants, with the Gods. Like Tvaṣṭṛ, a form well-fashioned for the axe’s right working—these here have we set in order about the vessel, made manifest to sight.

Word by Word

वनस्पतेO lord of the forest (tree/wood)

स्तीर्णम्spread out, strewn

आhither; unto

सीदsit down

बर्हिःthe sacrificial grass (barhis)

अग्निष्टोभैःwith Agniṣṭoma(-chants/rites)

संमितःmeasured/regulated; duly arranged

देवताभिःwith the deities

त्वष्ट्राby Tvaṣṭṛ (the divine artisan)

इवlike, as

रूपम्form, shape

सुकृतम्well-made, well-fashioned

स्वधित्यैfor the axe/adze (as instrument/purpose)

एनाःthese (f.)

एहाःthese comings/approaches; these here

परिaround

पात्रेin/at the vessel, bowl

ददृश्राम्we have seen; we beheld

Attribution

Rishi: Traditionally Atharvanic/Aṅgirasa transmission (book-level attribution; verse-level r̥ṣi not securely fixed in common indices)

Devata: Vanaspati (wood/forest lord) with implicit Tvaṣṭṛ as archetype of formation

Chandas: Mixed/triṣṭubh-like cadence (as transmitted in AV 12.3; metrical exactness depends on pada-counting of the recension)

Mantra Rasa

{"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"adbhuta","emotional_arc":"From inviting the wood-lord to settling into measured, crafted order.","listener_experience":"Quiet competence; sense of sacred craftsmanship.","intensity":3}